I used to think that daydreaming is the ultimate waste of time. During graduate school, I found that very few people think while they are sitting at their desks. I was one of these people…
Date Archives August 2015
What do you think? Is private college education worth it? Warren Buffett says: No! by Suf Alkhaldi
Is it worth going to a private college? Recently, when I was attending the Berkshire Hathaway Shareholders’ meeting, one future college student asked Warren Buffett about the value of going to a private business school….
The discipline of finding a job by Suf Alkhaldi
Years ago, when I finished graduate school (three years for my Master’s and five years for my Ph.D.) and two postdoctoral studies, I was still trying to find a job. Every day when I went…
Critical thinking and the art of avoiding mistakes by Suf Alkhaldi
As my interest in critical thinking has grown through the years, I have accumulated lots of notes on avoiding thinking errors. I am now convinced that using critical thinking (or what can be called lessons…
How to avoid thinking biases? by Suf Alkhaldi
Thinking biases are a common way to make a lot of judgment mistakes. We need to pay attention to them in order to avoid them. I recently read a book about thinking called The Art of…